''Chess warriors'' was a TV programme in 2001. It has a mixture of action and romance in the programme.

Cast

*張衛健 ( Dicky Cheung) as Xuē Yípiào (薛一驃)- the red horse (later) *樊亦敏 as Lěng Yàn (冷豔)- the red Minister (later) *黃文豪 as

Yuè Huáixiān Yue or Yueh ( ) may refer to: Places * Guangdong, abbreviated (), a province of China * Yue Nan (), the Chinese name for Vietnam * Zhejiang, commonly abbreviated (), a province of China Languages * Yue Chinese, a branch of Chinese, spo ...

(岳懷仙)- the red chariot and then the Marshal (later) *何美鈿 ( He Meitian) as

Yè Yèxīn Ye or YE may refer to: Language * Ye (pronoun), a form of the second-person plural, personal pronoun "you" * The Scots word for "you" * A pseudo-archaic spelling of the English definite article (''the''). See '' Ye olde'', and the "Ye form" se ...

(葉夜心)- the red advisor *車軒 as Lěng Zijīng (冷子京)- the King's chancellor *沈孟生 as Bā Léiwǔ (巴雷武)- the red chariot (later)

Story

The story starts with a match of chinese chess between the King of China (in red pawns) and the King of Khitan (in black pawns). However, this match uses real people on the

chess board A chessboard is a used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colours of squares, one light and one dark, in a chequered pattern. During play, the bo ...

. When the match starts, the King keeps on losing his pawns and begins to get upset. This is because of his "loyal" chancellor who works for the King of Khitan behind people's back. On the other hand, Xuē Yípiào, a lover and expert of Chinese chess is watching the match outside the palace, while observing the match. he started to sigh and saying out loud that the King is an idiot. At the nearly end of the match, there are only two pawns left, the

chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&nbs ...

and the

minister Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

of the red. The chariot,

is the most well-trained one out of the others, he managed to defeat a few black pawns. Seeing this, the chancellor starts to get annoyed, planning to kill him if he doesn't die in this match. The

of the blacks started to fight with him and the tired

cannot stand the attacks and so he falls off his chariot. The black chariot, takes this chance and tries to kill him but Yuè Huáixiān manages to block some of his attacks although at the end, he loses his right arm after being run over by the black chariot's wheel while he attempts to dodge an attack. The pawn is taken down on the chessboard outside the palace and the people starts to get worried as they were excited when a few black pawns were taken down off the board.

the daughter of the general of the red pawns who is a close friend of Yuè Huáixiān gets more worried than any others. Even after losing his arm, yuè huái xiān attempts to protect the general. Just before the black chariot gives the last attack to the minister, the King of China stops the match by admitting that he has lost. And the King of Khitan says that next time, whoever loses the match must call the winner father.

and the general are taken away to the doctor in the palace. However, the chancellor thinks of a plan to kill them both. He uses the name of the King behind his back that they are to be planked till their death and their families kicked out of the city. Yuè Huáixiān manages to live where the general doesn't, Yuè Huáixiān is then thrown into pigpen, leaving him to die. Xuē Yípiào passes by the pigpen and notices the blood-soaked Yuè Huáixiān. He carries Yuè Huáixiān home to his blind mother.

and her mother are being forced out of the city; Yè Yèxīn escapes the chancellor's son but her mother is killed in the attempt to safe her daughter.

becomes friend with Xuē Yípiào and the adventure begins. After meeting

, Xuē Yípiào starts to like her. After knowing that

still lives, the chancellor orders his daughter, Lěng Yàn to kill him. Lěng Yàn orders the killer, Bā Léiwǔ and Lěng Yàn instead she pays him and stands and watches. She later sees a lot about

and starts to doubt her father about Yuè Huái iān being a traitor. This makes Lěng Yàn want to get closer to him and she ends up falling in love with Yuè Huáixiān and doesn't tell him the fact that she is the daughter of the chancellor and

becomes jealous of Lěng Yàn. After discovering that Lěng Yàn is the daughter of the chancellor, Yuè Huái Xiān starts to distant from her. Lěng Yàn starts to get on really well with Xuē Yípiào and they call each other pals. And later on the story, she starts to notice that she has feeling for him. On the other hand, Yè Yèxīn starts to forgive for what Yuè Huáixiān did and they become close again. Chinese television shows Works by Kuo Cheng